Free Web NovelChapter 696: 696 Power Source
The discussion about Punk Records quickly came to an end.
The "Thinking" clone Edison, whose design resembled a plug, brought over tea along with Shaka and distributed it to Sherwin and the Felynes.
After taking a gentle sip of the tea in his cup, Sherwin looked at Vegapunk with some curiosity and asked the doubt in his heart:
"What was your purpose in guiding us here? You should know that I am currently in a hostile state with the World Government, and... those guys outside were, fundamentally speaking, drawn here by me as well."
Although he had known for a long time that Vegapunk and the World Government did not share the same mind, it seemed he didn’t have any friendship with the other party either.
The only connection Sherwin could think of seemed to be only the Revolutionary Army.
But if his memory served him right, Dragon invitation had long been rejected by Vegapunk on the grounds of "insufficient funding."
"Because I am very interested in the technology you use, as well as the Felyne Mink tribe who invented these things."
Vegapunk answered while looking at Purah Meow. freeweɓnøvel.com
"Is it that simple?"
"It is that simple."
Well... Sherwin found that he might have been overthinking. For a genius scientist like Vegapunk, it seemed that this reason alone was indeed enough.
"That works out perfectly, my Felynes also have quite a few questions they want to consult you about."
Sherwin patted the small heads of the two research Felynes and pushed them in front of Vegapunk.
The two little kittens immediately pulled Vegapunk and began to chatter about the respective problems they had encountered in their research.
While Vegapunk gave his own suggestions, he also asked the Felynes about some contents related to Felyne technology.
Seeing them discussing in full swing, the two robot clones representing "Wisdom" and "Thinking" also joined in.
"Brother Sherwin, Klee also wants to discuss how to make bombs with this grandpa, meow."
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After tilting her head to listen to their discussion from the side for a while, the little Ragdoll finally confirmed that the grandpa with half an apple on his head was not a fool, but rather a very formidable scientist. She immediately tugged at Sherwin ear and said, eager to give it a try.
"Ahem, be good Klee, wait until Haibara and Purah Meow finish their discussion first. Let look around first and see if there is anything fun here."
Sherwin rubbed the little Ragdoll Felyne head, hurriedly diverting her attention.
Hopefully Klee Meow would forget about this matter after a while. Otherwise, whether it was Vegapunk taking the power of Klee Meow bombs to the next level, or him learning the formula of "Little Girl" from Klee Meow and then equipping the Marines and the World Government with it, neither felt like a good thing.
"Oh—!"
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The always easily coaxed little Ragdoll cat immediately threw the matter of discussing how to make bombs with Vegapunk to the back of her mind, turning around to urge Sherwin instead: "Sherwin brother, hurry up, Klee Meow didn’t have enough fun just now!"
Atlas (Wrath) also stepped forward voluntarily at this moment, "Let me take you on a tour of the Labophase."
"Okay, okay~"
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Compared to Vegapunk main body, the little Ragdoll cat was more fond of Atlas, this satellite. Nodding her little head, she said, "Klee Meow wanted to say earlier, your hair looks so much like Sister Uta."
Atlas hair color was also half-white and half-pink, except the positions of their hair colors were exactly reversed.
"Hehehe, actually, I also specially changed my hair color after listening to Miss Uta singing."
Atlas twirled the lock of long hair hanging down from her temple with her finger and answered with a grin, "By the way, can you help me get an autograph from Miss Uta? I’m a loyal fan of her music."
She held her hands together in front of her chest, looking at Klee Meow and Sherwin with a face full of anticipation, her movements and posture perfectly matching her young girl appearance.
But just thinking about how her main body was Vegapunk, that old man whose tongue drooped down all day long, Sherwin didn’t find the other party cute at all...
The little Ragdoll cat thoughts were not as complicated as Sherwin, and she patted her chest, agreeing without the slightest hesitation.
"No problem! Klee Meow and Sister Uta are very good friends!"
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With the motivation of "Uta autograph," Atlas became even more enthusiastic as a tour guide. At every stop, she would explain in detail the functions and purposes of the equipment to Sherwin and the others, and actively invite them to try it out.
However, most of the things in the research layer were non-entertainment in nature, so Klee Meow quickly went from being full of enthusiasm to losing interest.
"So boring... It not fun at all compared to the bottom Meow..."
The little Ragdoll pouted unhappily, "If I had known, I would have let Big Sister Haibara and Big Sister Purah come up by themselves, and we could have kept playing down there Meow."
"Don’t be so impolite Meow."
Huamei Meow, who also didn’t understand what Haibara Meow and the others were talking about and therefore followed them out, warned Klee Meow.
"Aw..."
The little Ragdoll didn’t dare to defy Lord Huamei, but her little mouth pouted even higher, and her two little paws began to restlessly mess with the Hunter ears.
Helpless, Sherwin could only look at the somewhat depressed Atlas and ask, "Are there no fun inventions up here? Like that light-pressure glove just now that could touch holographic projections."
Although the light-pressure glove only interested Klee Meow for a short while, it was still better than these artificial organs soaking in glass jars.
"Sorry, that my fault."
Atlas realized it at this moment as well. Not all Felynes were Purah Meow and Haibara Meow, and it wasn’t the case that higher-tech inventions would interest them more.
"Follow me!"
Having figured it out, Atlas quickly changed direction and led Sherwin and the others into a huge hangar.
"Wow—! It a Transformer Meow!"
Sure enough, upon seeing the giant robot stored inside the hangar, the originally listless Klee Meow instantly perked up.
"Transformers?" Atlas scratched her head, then corrected, "It not any Transformer, this is ’Vegaforce-01’, a giant robot we manufactured using an ancient iron giant as a prototype!"
"Huh? So that means it won’t transform, Meow? Then it boring..."
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The little Ragdoll instantly lost interest in it.
If it was just a giant robot, Purah Meow had as many as they wanted over there, and with Suika Meow around, they could make a Guardian several times larger than the robot in front of them in minutes.
On the contrary, Sherwin eyes lit up.
"About that ancient iron giant, can you tell me a bit about it?"
After wandering around below for a long time without seeing the existence of that ancient robot, Sherwin figured it had been hidden away in advance by Vegapunk.
"About two hundred years ago, a giant robot, just like you guys, attacked Mariejois, but in the end, due to a lack of energy, it failed to cause too much destruction..."
"Fighting the Celestial Dragons? Then it a good robot, Meow."
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Klee Meow crossed her arms, nodding with a serious face.
"I don’t know whether it good or bad either, because after that attack, it completely lost power, and no one knows where it came from or what it wanted to do..."
Atlas, who had been interrupted, did not get angry, but instead patiently responded to the little Ragdoll before continuing,
"At the time, the World Government seemed to order its destruction, but the scientists, out of curiosity, secretly preserved it and kept it hidden on this island all along. The main body originally chose this place as the new base for the Science Unit because he wanted to conduct research on it."
"However, even with my scientific technology, I can’t completely replicate that robot. It truly hard to believe that it a product from nine hundred years ago."
"After those pirates retreat, can you take us to see it? I think Haibara and Purah Meow would be interested in it."
Sherwin seized the opportunity to make the request.
"Of course, no problem. I think Stella should have the same intention."
Atlas didn’t hesitate at all and agreed immediately.
Meanwhile, Huamei asked curiously, "A technology that even you can’t replicate? What is it meow?"
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"Power," Atlas replied, "Even if its power has been completely exhausted, there should still be components that store power. However, we couldn’t find anything on it that could possibly be a power source, making it impossible to even change the power source to restart it."
"Uh... is there a possibility that some kind of Devil Fruit ability gave it power?"
Sherwin guessed.
After all, in the One Piece world, whenever you encounter something that isn’t easy to explain, nine times out of ten it related to Devil Fruits.
"We have thought about this possibility as well, but it is said that the iron giant originally appeared directly from the sea. If it were a Devil Fruit ability, it shouldn’t be able to move in seawater."
"Did you forget Kaido?" Sherwin reminded, "And, if it hid the components related to the Devil Fruit ability inside its body, isolating it from the seawater, wouldn’t it be able to move in seawater?"
"That is indeed possible," Atlas nodded, then spread her hands, saying helplessly, "But the problem is that it is completely unable to move now, so we can’t verify it even if we wanted to."
"Speaking of power, let me take you to see something good! This time, little Klee Meow will definitely like it!"
Ending her conversation with Sherwin, Atlas saw that the little ragdoll cat had become listless again, so she immediately led Sherwin and the others to the next location.
"The power source of this island is ’fire’, which converts fire into various forms of energy. The power used by your ship is also fire, right?"
As she spoke, she led Sherwin and the others to an underground space. Inside was a huge furnace, and a ball of flame that was neither bright nor felt particularly hot was suspended in the center of the furnace.
However, within Sherwin Observation Haki perception, that not-very-large ball of flame contained an extremely massive amount of power.
"We have been researching energy technology, wanting to create a ’never-extinguishing flame’. This flame named ’Mother-Flame’ is our current research result."
Atlas introduced the flame in the furnace to Sherwin and the others with a proud face.
So "Mother Flame" refers to this power source? I thought the weapon the World Government used to destroy the entire island was the one called by this name...
Just as Sherwin was muttering to himself, Klee Meow on his shoulder suddenly opened her mouth, and then, under Atlas terrified gaze, sucked that ball of flame in the furnace into her belly.
Burp—
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Klee Meow patted her little belly and let out a very unladylike, long, full burp.
And then...
The lights in the room instantly went out, and Sherwin could also hear the sounds of those operating machines outside all come to a halt at this moment.
"Hmm? Why did it suddenly turn dark, meow?"
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